Digital Resources

Many archives now include a digital element, from online catalogues to digital collections. The projects on this page highlight how members of the Hidden Treasures network use the digital space to tell stories and make connections with items in their collections, opening them up to more people and different audiences.

Unlocking North East Jewish Heritage

Sharing stories of North East Jewish communities using material held by Tyne & Wear Archives and others

Jewish Service Records

A digital resource displaying Chaplaincy Cards from the AJEX archive and enabling them to be searched.

Watch, Listen, Read from JMI

A dedicated archive section offering audiences unprecedented access to rare recordings, films, and writings.

The Brady Photographic Archive

An online photography, memorabilia, and oral histories archive documenting the history of the Brady Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs.

Unlocking hidden stories of Yiddish culture

A.N. Stencl’s Yiddish magazine Loshn un Lebn (Language and Life) hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University

Memory Map of the Jewish East End

Map of Whitechapel, London
A digital mapping project hosted by University College London telling the story of the Jewish East End.

British Jews in the First World War – We Were There Too

A digital project to capture, save and share the story of Britain’s Jews in the First World War

Northern Ireland Jewish Heritage

A map based online history project by Belfast Jewish Heritage which records the presence of Jews, Jewish industries, and sites related to Jewish history in Northern Ireland.

Gathering the voices

Online oral and video testimony documenting the lives of men and women who fled to Scotland to escape Nazi persecution.

Sephardi Voices UK

A video and image archive with a collection of interviews telling the stories of Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews who came from the Middle East and North Africa to the UK.

Hesped.org

An online archive collecting material on Jewish funerals and mourning customs.

Tales of Jewish Sudan

Oral history interviews and photographs relating to Jews who lived in Sudan, some of whom came to the UK.